Non-refillable bottle.



No. 722,974. PATENTED MAR. 17, 1903.

' H. HAFFTEN.

NON-BEFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED mm 2, 1902.

no MODEL.

' ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

HANS I-IAFFTEN, OF WOODSIDE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO FREDERICK KNECHT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 722,974, dated March 1'7, 1903.

Application filed June 2,1902. Serial No. 109,919. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known thatI, HANS HAFFTEN, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of New York, (Woodside, borough of Queens,) in the county of Queens and State of New York, have inventeda new and Improved Non-Refillable Bottle, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. 7

The purpose of the invention is to provide a simple and economic construction of bottle which after having been filled and emptied cannot be refilled and again presented as an original package and to so construct the bottle that while initially it canbe as readily filled as the ordinary bottle and the liquid as freely dispensed therefrom, but after the bottle is once sealed all passages leading from the mouth of the bottle toits body are closed by fixed and movable barriers, which prevent the successful introduction of liquid to the body of the bottle or the insertion of devices to displace the movable barriers from their closing positions.

The invention consists in the novel con struction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the neck and a portion of the body of the bottle when constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the neck and a portion of the body of the improved bottle, and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the plug for closing the neck of the bottle where it connects with the body.

A represents the neck of the bottle, which may be of the customary straight formation, and B represents the body of the bottle, which may be of any desired shape. Where the neck of the bottle joins the body a downwardly and inwardly inclined wall 10 is formed, providing a conical seat, and above the said seat an interior thread 11 is produced in the neck A, while between the lower portion of said thread and the said seat 10 an interior annular recess 12 is made in the neck of the bottle, as is shown in Fig. 2. After the bottle is filled in the usual manner the lower portion of the neck'A is closed by a plug O. (Shown in detail in Fig. 3 and in position in Fig. 2.) This plug is preferably made ofglass,

although other material may be employed,

and comprises a conical body 13, adapted to engage the aforesaidseat l0, and having an upper exterior thread 14, adapted to engage with the thread 11 in the neck of the bottle, and a shank 15, integral with the central portion of the upper surface of the body. At the upper end of the said shank 15 horizontal arms 16 are formed, said arms being preferably stellated in arrangement. The arms 16 are adapted to receive a proper tool whereby to screw the plug 0 in position in the neck of the bottle, and when the plug is lodged upon the seat 10 its threaded surface 14 will have left .the thread 11 in the bottle-neck A and will be opposite the recess 12 in the said neck, at which time the shank 15 is snapped from the plug, thus rendering it absolutely impossible for any person by the insertion of any instrument through the mouth of the bottle to lift the plug to the thread 11 and turn the plug with an intent to remove the plug and refill the bottle.

A spiral tube D is wound around the neck of the bottle, being connected with the body B at one end at an aperture 17 in the said body, preferably in its upper portion, as is shown in Fig. 2, and the upper end of the spiral tube D, which is a dispensing-tube, is in connection with the interior of the bottleneck A at a desired point below its mouth, as. is shown at 18 in Fig. 2. The tube D, through which the liquid is dispensed, is contracted at the inlet-opening 17, and said opening is normally closed by a ball-valve 19 within the tube D. When liquid is poured from the bottle, the valve 19 is prevented from moving too far from its seat .by lugs 20, interiorly formed upon the inner wall of the dispensingtube D at a suitable point above the seatof the said valve 19. This valve is introduced into the dispensing-tube through an opening therein, which opening is afterward closed by a glass cap 21, formed over it, as the dispensing-tube is preferably made of glass.

At an intermediate point in the spiral or serpentine dispensing-tube D a conical pocket 22 is formed, its contracted end facing the body of the bottle. This pocket is adapted to seat a second ball-valve 23, and when liquid is to be poured out from the bottle this second ball-valve 23 is prevented from leaving its seat too far by lugs 24, interiorly located in the dispensing-tube D. This second ball-valve 23 is introduced into the dispensing-tube through an opening therein, aftergard closed by a glass cap 23, as is shown in In operation after the bottle has been filled through the neck A the plug 0, is placed in position and its stem or shank 15 is removed. The mouth of the bottle is then closed by the customary cork 25 and may receive, the ordinary capsule. The liquid can be poured out from the bottle at any time when the cork 25 is removed in the same manner as from an ordinary bottle; but instead of the liquid passing out directly from the body through the neck of the bottle, the liquid will find an escape from the body to the mouth-section of the neck through the dispensing-tube D, its valves automatically unseating when the neck of the bottle is inclined and automatically seating when the bottle is restored to a perpendicular position.

The manner in which the plug 0 is seated in the neck of the bottle prevents its removal,

and consequently the possibility of refilling through the neck of the bottle, and the serpen tine or spiral arrangement'ot the dispensing-tube D and the location of the ball-valves and their guides limiting their outward movement effectually prevents liquid being introduced into the body of the bottle through the dispensing-tube and likewise a successful introduction of any article into the said tube for the purpose of holding the valves unseated.

It is claimed for the improved bottle that it is simple and economic and well adapted for the purpose intended.

Having thus described my invention, I 5

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a non-refillable bottle, a body and a neck for the body, a plug for closing the said neck at its lower portion, a spiral or serpentine dispensing-tube coiled around the neck and having communication with the body of the bottle and with the neck of the bottle at .a point near its mouth, and ball-valves located at intervals in the said dispensing-tube, substantially as set forth.

2. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination with the body of the bottle, its neck, a

plug having a conical seat in the bottom portion of the bottle-neck and a thread adapted to engage with a thread at the interior of the neck, and a friable stem connected with the said plug, adapted to be removed when the plug is seated, of a serpentine or spiral dispensing-tube coiled around the neck of the bottle and having communication with the body of the bottle at one end and with the neck of the bottle at its opposite end, a ballvalve adapted to normally close the inlet communication between the body of the bottle and the dispensing-tube, a conical seat formed at a point in the said dispensing-tube, a second ball-valve fitted to the said seat, and guards located above the ball-valves within the said dispensing-tube, for the purpose set forth.

3. In a non-refillable bottle, a body and a neck for the body, a plug for closing said neck; and a valved dispensing-tube having communication with the body of the bottle and with the neck at a point above the plug.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HANS HAFFTEN.

WVitnesses:

JOHN SoHoEcK, FREDERICK KNECHT. 

